CVE-2025-8110
Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 2 February 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 85.20% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 12 January 2026 · due 2 February 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gogs/gogs
- Source
- 9947ef80-c5d5-474a-bbab-97341a59000e
EPSS moved from 85.2% on 24 September 2026 to 85.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8110
References
- http://wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-gogs-cve-2025-8110-rce-exploitExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/3Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/4Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/17/4Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/1Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/2Mailing List
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6Patch
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8078Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8110Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.